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Photography

Denver A Photographic Survey of the Metropolitan Area, 1973-1974

Adams Robert

ISBN: HB: 9780300141368, Yale University Press, July 2009
136 pp., 19.1x18 cm, 117 tritone illus.

"Denver" and "What We Bought", together with "The New West", form a loose trilogy of Robert Adams' work exploring the rapidly developing landscape of the Denver metropolitan area from 1968 through 1974. In the former two books, Adams created a compre...

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Contemporary Art

History of Art

Dove/O'Keeffe Circles of Influence

Bricker Balken Debra

ISBN: HB: 9780300134100, Yale University Press, May 2009
176 pp., 24.1x26.7 cm, 25 black&white images, 125 colour illus.

From the outset of her career, Georgia O'Keeffe credited her introduction to modernism as deriving in part from a reproduction of a pastel by Arthur Dove she saw around 1913. By this time Dove was well established as the foremost modernist artist in...

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History of Art

Dialogues in Art History, from Mesopotamian to Modern

Cropper Elizabeth, Alpers Svetlana, Hill Boone Elizabeth, Bordes Philippe, Bryan Betsy M., Campbell C. Jean, Connors Joseph, Dempsey Charles, Feldman Marian H., Barry Flood Finbarr

ISBN: HB: 9780300121629, Yale University Press, April 2009
424 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 95 colour images, 167 black&white illus.

This spirited and challenging book presents dialogues between eminent art historians on current topics and dilemmas in the field. The essays consider world art of all periods, covering ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, preconquest Mexico and Peru, Islam, C...

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History of Art

Dada's Women

Hemus Ruth

ISBN: HB: 9780300141481, Yale University Press, March 2009
256 pp., 25.4x19.1 cm, 20 colour images, 60 black&white illus.

The European Dada movement of the early twentieth century has long been regarded as a male preserve, one in which women have been relegated to footnotes or mentioned only as the wives, girlfriends, or sisters of Dada men. This fascinating book challe...

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Architecture

Defining Urban Design CIAM Architects and the Formation of a Discipline, 1937-69

Mumford Eric

ISBN: HB: 9780300138887, Yale University Press, March 2009
272 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 14 colour images, 86 black&white illus.

In this meticulously researched book, Eric Mumford traces how members of the International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM), such as Walter Gropius, Josep Lluis Sert, and their American associates, developed the discipline of urban design from...

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Contemporary Art

Disappearance of Objects New York Art and the Rise of the Postmodern City

Shannon Joshua

ISBN: HB: 9780300137064, Yale University Press, February 2009
240 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 48 colour images, 141 black&white illus.

In the years around 1960, a rapid process of deindustrialization profoundly changed New York City. At the same time, massive highway construction, urban housing renewal, and the growth of the financial sector altered the city's landscape. As the new...

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History of Art

Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Volume 1: Artists Born Between 1570 and 1600

Bikker Jonathan, Bruijnen Yvette, Wuestman Gerdien Eleanora, Korthals Altes Everhardus Joannes, Piet Filedt Kok Jan, Dibbits Taco

ISBN: HB: 9789086890279, Yale University Press, January 2009
584 pp., 39.5x39.5 cm, colour illus.

This spectacular slipcased two-volume set is the first in a series of four catalogues that will showcase the holdings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which owns the world's largest and most representative collection of paintings from the Dutch Golde...

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Architecture

Design and Plan in the Country House From Castle Donjons to Palladian Boxes

Gomme Andor Harvey, Maguire Alison

ISBN: HB: 9780300126457, Yale University Press, June 2008
356 pp., 28x23 cm, 200 black&white illus., 80 colour illus.

The way a man thinks about his day-to-day living and the needs of his household reveals a great deal about his ambitions, his idea of himself, and his role in the community. And his house or castle offers many clues to his habits as well as those of...

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German

Deutsche Wiederholungsgrammatik A Morpho-syntactic Review of German

Donahue Frank E.

ISBN: PB: 9780300124682, Yale University Press, June 2008
384 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm

This book provides a comprehensive review of grammatical structures and usage for intermediate to advanced students of German. Those who have had some exposure to German grammar in their earlier German courses can fine-tune their accuracy. While this...

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History of Art

Dutch Seventeenth-century Genre Painting Its Stylistic and Thematic Evolution

Franits Wayne E.

ISBN: PB: 9780300143362, Yale University Press, May 2008
320 pp., 28.5x24.7 cm, 230 black&white illus., 100 colour illus.

The appealing genre paintings of great seventeenth-century Dutch artists – Vermeer, Steen, de Hooch, Dou, and others – have long enjoyed tremendous popularity. This comprehensive book explores the evolution of genre painting throughout the Dutch Gold...

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